Need-to-Know PMAQ Flashcards by Grace Okun

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Anno Domini (A.D.)

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In the year of our Lord

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Ante Meridiem (A.M.)

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Before noon

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Confer (cf.)

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Compare

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Exempli Gratia (e.g.)

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For example

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et alia (et al.)

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and others

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et cetera (etc.)

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and so forth, and the rest

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id est (i.e.)

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that is (an explanation)

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nota bene (N.B.)

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note well

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per centum (per cent)

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by the hundred

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post meridiem (P.M.)

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afternoon

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post scriptum (P.S.)

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written afterwards

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e pluribus unum (U.S.)

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from many, one (out of many)

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semper fidelis (U.S. Marine Corps)

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always faithful

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semper paratus (U.S. Coast Guard)

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always prepared

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veni, vidi, vici

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I came, I saw, I conquered (Julius Caesar)

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errare humanum est

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to err is human - Seneca

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carpe diem

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seize the day - Horace

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festina lente

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make haste slowly, Agustus

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alea iacta est

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the die is cast - Caesar as he was about to cross the Rubicon

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cum (c)

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with

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sine (s)

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without

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bis in die (b.i.d.)

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twice a day

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ter in die (t.i.d.)

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three times a day

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quater in die (q.i.d.)

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four times a day

aqua (aq.)

water

ab ovo usque ad mala

from the egg to the apple (remember from first culture lesson)

ante bellum

before the war

bona fide

in good faith

in toto

entirely

lapsus linguae

a slip of the tongue

pater patriae

father of his country

post mortem

after death

pro and con(tra)

for and against

District of Columbia (Iustia omnibus)

Justice for all

Idaho (Esto perpetua)

May it last forever

New York (Excelsior)

Ever upward/higher

Arkansas (Regnat Populus)

The people rule

Arizona (Ditat Deus)

God enriches

Maine (Dirigo)

I point the way

New Mexico (Crescit eundo)

It grows as it goes

University of North Dakota

Lux et lex: Light and Law

Yale University

Lux et veritas: light and truth

University of New Mexico

Lux hominum vita: Light, the life of men

University of Washington

Lux sit: Let there be light

New York University

Perstare et praestare: to persevere and surpass

Harvard University

Veritas: Truth